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J. ANDBS.

BRIDLE AND HALTER.

No. 318,409. Ptented May 19, 1885.

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Attorney.

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JACOB ANDES, OF \VILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA,

ATENT OFFICE.

ASS IGNOR OF TW'O THIRDS TO MICHAEL ANDES AND HENRY ANDES, OF SAME PLACE.

BRIDLE AND HALTER.

EFIEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nov 318,409, dated May 19, 1885.

Application filed December 17, 188-1. (No model.)

L-"o all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AOOB Ashes, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVilkes-Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Penn sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridles or Halters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved headgear for horses, and is adapted for bridles and lo halters.

50 plate which completes the nose-band trimming. Fig. at is an end view ofsame, showing the strap in section. Fig. 5 is a reverse or inner side view of the nose-band trimming. Fig. 6 is a side view of the metal trimming which connects the throat-latch with checkstrap and having a buckle attached. Fig. 7 is an edge view of same, partly in section. Fig. 8 is a view of one part of the throat-latch trimming used on the opposite side of halter.

g0 Fig. 9 is a view of the plate which goes with the part shown in Fig. 8.

of the throat-latch and tug.

The letter A designates the cheek -strap, B

the nose-band, and O the crowirpiece, which Fig. 10 is a view 5 parts comprise one single continuous strap.

\ k This strap is first cut straight and then bent edgewiscat cl, where the nose-band and cheekstraps unite. An improved, metal trimming, D, is employed at the point of connection of O the noseband, check-strap, and jaw-strap.

4 5 g, is integral with the outer curved edge.

This trimming is a segment-shaped plate having two flanges, e, concentric with each other, and a fiat surface between them. A hole, f, is in the center of the plate, and a loop or eye,

The cdgewise bend d of the strap A B lies in this trimming, as shown in Fig. 1, and a segmentshaped plate, 0, with a center hole, f, covers the said bend and fits between the twoflanges c. A screw or rivet, 71, is'then passed through the hole f, the strap, and the hole 1'', and serves to fasten together the two parts of the trimming and confine the strap. The jaw-strap E has one end fastened to the loop 9 on one side of the halter and the other end to the loop on the other side. The ends of the throat-latch F are attached to the cheek-straps by a metal connection, G. This trimming or connection consists of a plate having two parallel flanges, 1 between which the cheek-strap A is placed. A hole, 7.', is in the center. A branch part projects obliquely from one edge,and has two parallel flanges, l. A stud, m, is fixed in the center. The ends of the throat-latch have a hole, m, and one of said ends is placed in each of the obliquely-projecting parts and fixed on the stud m. A plate, 11, (see Fig. 9,) has a shape which adapts it to fit between the flanges i and Z Z and against the stud m, and a screw or rivet is then passed through the hole 7:, the cheek-strap, and the hole k in the plate, thereby fastening together the two parts of the metal connection G, and confining the two straps A and F. The usual tug, 1, connects thejaw'strap and throat-latch. A hitching-strap, 1, is attached to the ring g, which joins the jaw-strap and tug. One of the metal connections G has a buckle, r, attached. A hole, 5, through the top end of the connection is occupied by a bar, 1, of the buckle, and a slot, at, permits the tongue '0 of the buckle which is on the bar to protrude and to move. The metal trimmings D and G may be used either on abridle or halter. A bit, to, is shown suspended from the loops 9, and may be used or not.

I am aware that halters have been shown constructed of one continuous piece of leather-that is, with check and nose band in one piece and cheek and throat strap in one piece. As heretofore made, such halters have had metallic trimming plates or loops to bend the straps at the points where one strap diverges from the other; but said metallic plates pro duce clumsy or bulky bends in the leather. The construction of the trimming -plate D here shown entirely covers the strap at the bends referred to, and by confining it within narrow limits obviates the obiectionable feature named.

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Having described my invention, I claim and 2. A metal trimming for the headgear of desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United animals, consisting of a plate having two con- 15 Statescentric curved flanges, a, with a flat surface 1. A head-gear for anin1als,having acheekbetween them, and provided on the edge with 5 strap and nose-band formed of one piece with a loop, g, and a segmentshaped plate, 0, fitau edgewise bend, d, at the uniting angle, and ting between the said curved flanges, as set provided with a metal trimming, D, entirely forth. covering the edgewise bend, the said trim- In testimony whereoflaffix my signature in ming consisting of a plate having two eonpresence of two witnesses.

10 centric curved flanges, c, with a flat surface J AOOB ANDES.

between them, and a segment-shaped plate, 6, Vitnesses: fltting and secured between the two flanges to J osEPH HENDES, confine the edgewise bend, as set forth. I H. BARDELL. 

